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That's very old, one of the first with no cordwinder and original hose connector. Around 30 years old.

The cleaner is one of the last of it's type - the MCE44, 45, and 46, replaced the 41, 42, and 43 around 1993. No idea how old the bag is, but the drop-in-vac air fresheners are still on sale now. You can see that on google.

That's when Glen-Dimplex who own many, many UK brands bought the Goblin name.

UK plugs & sockets ...did used to be superior, indeed the very best quality sockets used to have shutters operated by the live an neutral pins of a UK plug, rather than the earth pin, as this prevented the user from opening the shutters manually to allow the connection of a European 2-pin plug...

Ah, well now it starts to make sense. I guess the internet is a way of saying all those things which no one would allow people to "in the real world".

Alex, whilst I can gloss-over the bulk of what you have said on here, I must take issue to the part where you refer to yourself as "laid back" unless of course you are being factually correct and are normally much more fiery in the real world. In which case I retract my first sentence gracefully.

Oh so now we know.

Incidently, Alex, I forgot to compliment you on your swift editing.

Being an ass I am saying nothing about that, even for those who obviously haven't read what is written further up. An "ass" in the UK was always a name for a donkey. As to who used the term, that would all depend on who they were, what part of the UK they were from, quite possibly their age...

"Vintagerepaierer, you obviously haven't read what I wrote further up. " Alex, I did and I always do. You "obviously" want to tar everyone with the same brush.

Alex for what it is worth I think you should pursue a claim but I think you should try and send it back for a full refund. To keep it and attempt to have a partial refund is going to make matters tricky. I would want to cut my loses. Also Studley is a delightful part of the world. I am not at...

I am not very savvy with ebay, but I was told by someone who is that you only ever trust a stock photo when a product is sold as brand-new A-grade. Is this so?

I had forgotten all about the bolts on the roller. That was another problem with earlier models as they had screws which held the end caps on, which fell out.

This is what I mean by plastic on the 600 series being insufficient. I will list the areas where these cleaners failed: Chassis snapping where screws are inserted; Chassis wearing our as a result of rear wheels boring into it; Handle release pedal pins snapping; Screw holes wearing out in the...

I agree the original handle release on the Contour was not great, this is quite true. The problem with the 600 series is that by the time it went on sale, manufacturers were looking for more and more ways for things to wear out. However, the 600 series had too many weak spots and plastic that...

Alex, considering the 600 series cleaners fell to bits in just about every way imaginable, I am intrigued to know on what you base your thoughts that the Contour was "nowhere near as good". Although the Contour was not up there with the greatest cleaners of all times, they did manage to stay in...

A very good job you have done on that. Well done. A couple of things to point out (you did ask!), this model did not go on sale until the Autumn of 1991. There was a gap of a year or more between the previous model and this, with the introduction of the Glider in 1989 or so before the existing...

There was a Hotpoint UK connection with Hotpoint US, but only in the early days when the brand first came over here. Hotpoint US was part of a company called General Electric (GE), and in the UK the Hotpoint name merged with a company that was part of General Electric Company (GEC). GE and GEC...

Powerhouse Sorry, when I said that, I was using the term generically. I didn't realise it was also the name of a factory. I doubt the public will ever know the true reasons why Dyson took production out of the UK. The refusal of permission to expand their factory is only one of many stories...

We need to remember that Dyson are not a vacuum cleaner manufacturer, they are a "Technology Powehouse" or whatever the current description may be. If James Dyson had found a way of transforming a gas fire or a box of cornflakes and then marketing it successfully, he would have done. It just so...